how to use other terminal than xterm

[sanjay92-gupta]

when I launch csshx, it opens up xterm terminal but I want to use other terminal like mintty in cygwin

I have changed following line in config file

terminal=/usr/bin/xterm to terminal=/usr/bin/mintty but that does not work I get error like and no terminal opens up Unknown option '-b' Try '--help' for more information Unknown option '-b' Try '--help' for more information Unknown option '-b'

Thanks

[pevik]

Hi,

when I launch csshx, it opens up xterm terminal but I want to use other terminal like mintty in cygwin

I have changed following line in config file

terminal=/usr/bin/xterm to terminal=/usr/bin/mintty but that does not work I get error like and no terminal opens up Unknown option '-b' Try '--help' for more information Unknown option '-b' Try '--help' for more information Unknown option '-b'

Hm, I have no '-b' in ~/.clusterssh/config, but I guess you have it there. Just comment it out.

Kind regards, Petr

[sanjay92-gupta]

Thanks Petr, But I don't have any where -b option in my config file

$ cat config

auto_close=5

auto_quit=yes

auto_wm_decoration_offsets=no

cols=-1

command=

comms=ssh

console=console

console_args=

console_position=+0+0

external_cluster_command=

external_command_mode=0600

external_command_pipe=

extra_cluster_file=

extra_tag_file=

fillscreen=no

hide_menu=0

history_height=10

history_width=40

key_addhost=Control-Shift-plus

key_clientname=Alt-n

key_history=Alt-h

key_localname=Alt-l

key_macros_enable=Alt-p

key_paste=Control-v

key_quit=Alt-q

key_retilehosts=Alt-r

key_username=Alt-u

lang=en

macro_hostname=%h

macro_newline=%n

macro_servername=%s

macro_username=%u

macro_version=%v

macros_enabled=yes

max_addhost_menu_cluster_items=6

max_host_menu_items=30

menu_host_autotearoff=0

menu_send_autotearoff=0

mouse_paste=Button-2

rows=-1

rsh=rsh

rsh_args=

screen_reserve_bottom=20 screen_reserve_left=5 screen_reserve_right=5 screen_reserve_top=30

sftp=sftp

sftp_args=

show_history=0

ssh=ssh

ssh_args=

telnet=telnet

telnet_args=

terminal=/usr/bin/xterm terminal_allow_send_events=-xrm '*.VT100.allowSendEvents:true'

terminal_args=

terminal_bg_style=dark

terminal_colorize=1

terminal_decoration_height=10

terminal_decoration_width=8

terminal_font=6x13 terminal_reserve_bottom=10 terminal_reserve_left=5 terminal_reserve_right=5 terminal_reserve_top=20 terminal_size=80x20

terminal_title_opt=-T

title=CSSH unique_servers=0

unmap_on_redraw=no

use_all_a_records=0

use_hotkeys=yes

use_natural_sort=0

user=

window_tiling=yes

window_tiling_direction=right

~/.clusterssh $

[sanjay92-gupta]

I have tried different terminals like konsole , mintty mintty gives Unknown option '-b' konsole outputs some other messages 'Unknown options: b, g, f, g, x, r, m, f, o, n, t But none of them opens up any terminal so only xterm works fine

[duncs]

Terminals have to satisfy specific requirements to be able to be used with cssh - this is because the cssh console needs to be able to send messages (desktop events) into the terminal, such as keystrokes. Not all terminals allow this.

xterm allows such use by using the X setting -xrm '*.VT100.allowSendEvents:true and is one of the very few that does (I opened a number of issue tickets against other terminal to use this standard feature but after many years of waiting they still have not been done).

If you want to use other terminals I suggest you check through your terminal documentation for using the SendEvents configuration and raise it with the terminal author as required.